Senior Draftsperson

Senior Draftsperson - Living Gems

Gold Coast | Full-Time | Permanent

Living Gems is a leading developer of master-planned over-50s lifestyle resorts in Queensland, with a proud history of delivering high-quality homes, resort-style facilities, and welcoming communities. We have a long pipeline of work with 3 resorts located in Townsville, Rockhampton and Moreton Bay, with many more in the pipeline.

For more than four decades, our family-owned business has built a reputation for creating award-winning lifestyle resorts for active over-50s. Living Gems is all about living your best life, it’s time to discover what sets Living Gems apart.

Based at our Bundall Head Office, we're looking for an experienced Senior Draftsperson to join our team and play a key role in bringing our decisions to life. This is a hands-on position for someone who is technically strong, confident taking ownership, and enjoys working collaboratively across design, drafting and construction.

You'll be responsible for developing and refining designs and templates, producing high-quality documentation in ArchiCAD, solving technical challenges, and ensuring projects are accurately documented and ready for construction. You will also be the go-to person within the drafting team, sharing your knowledge, supporting the other drafting team members and helping maintain a high standard of work from project start through to completion.

In this role, you will:

• Take ownership of drafting and documentation across projects from design development through to construction, ensuring accuracy, consistency and buildability
• Customise block designs and develop layouts to meet project specific requirements, incorporating sales feedback, operational requirements and design intent.
• Produce accurate, detailed construction documentation using ArchiCAD
• Review documentation, identify potential design or technical issues and proactively develop solutions to resolve challenges.
• Collaborate closely with the Interior Design and Sales team to ensure design intent and project objectives are accurately reflected in documentation.
• Mentor and support other Draftspersons, providing technical guidance and assisting in their professional development
• Coordinate drafting workflows across the team, managing priorities, monitoring productivity and addressing roadblocks to ensure projects are delivered on schedule and to the required standard
• Drive pre-plotting outcomes for each stage of resort developments and manage client variations, ensuring all changes are accurately captured and reflected throughout project documentation.
• Continuously review and improve drafting standards, templates and processes to support consistency, efficiency and quality outcomes.

We're looking for someone who is technically strong, experienced and confident taking ownership. You'll be comfortable working independently, managing competing priorities and making sound decisions while still be approachable and collaborative.

To be successful, you will:

• Demonstrate high proficiency in ArchiCAD
• Bring 5+ years' experience in residential, resort-style, or similar architectural drafting
• Take ownership of projects from design development through to final documentation
• Have a strong understanding of construction documentation, detailing and buildability
• Identify issues early and develop practical, well-considered solutions
• Be comfortable liaising with designers, site managers and consultants and other stakeholders
• Provide technical guidance to others while maintaining a collaborative and approachable style
• Maintain a strong attention to detail while keeping sight of the bigger picture and project priorities
• Manage competing priorities with a high level of organisation, initiative and minimal supervision
• Be ambitious and motivated to contribute to improving both projects and the drafting team

• Be part of the Living Gems 2.0 journey – helping to shape the future of resort living
• A company with 40+ years of stability, but a fresh new vision
• A supportive, down-to-earth team where teamwork matters
• Exciting projects already in motion, with more in the pipeline
• Real opportunities to step into leadership as we grow

If this sounds like the kind of place where you’d thrive, we’d love to hear from you. Come and be part of the Living Gems team, where every person’s contribution really makes a difference. Send a resume and a cover letter, telling us why you are the right fit for our team.